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Sunday, May 29, 2016

I'm here to introduce our two newest members to join our little 'Dream Team' as designers! I should have made this announcement two weeks ago but it slipped my mind! lol Maybe some of you noticed we had Shell 'Shearer' Swinscoe join us a couple of weeks back. Well here I am to officially welcome her and Jolanda Breedvelt to Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog! My Team and I are so excited to have them with us and we'd love for you to join in with us and welcome them to the blog! :)

I'm a happily married mom of two beautiful teenage girls, a greyhound, leopard gecko & a skunk called Nico! Yeah a skunk, he sits with me while I'm crafting....distracts me a lot too, but he is a darling!

I have been crafting one way or another all my life. I started card making about 15 yrs ago when the girls were toddlers, I decided to make cards for family with the girls hand prints on. I brought a few things to add to the cards & the rest they say is history!!I love colouring stamps (rubber & digi) I use all sorts of medium to colour from Promarkers to Distress Crayons. I suffer from M.E so my concentration is bad most days, but creating & having a routine is helping with that lots. Also taking skunky butt out for regular walks helps ease the pain in my muscles & bones.I have a very understanding family, both with my crafty addiction & my M.E I am really lucky to have their full support in everything I do.I want to say a HUGE thank you to Ema for asking me to join her Dream Team, I am looking forward to creating along with some fabulous designers & getting to know you all better xxxx

Hi, I am Jolanda, a married mum of two adults. I started cardmaking when my children were young. I had a diversity of hobbies the past 35 years: sewing all clothes for the kids and me, Pergamano, 3D cards, crochet, knitting. But also playing volleyball and later tennis.I stopped making cards about 15 years ago because it was impossible to do with my full-time job and the studying I did. I started over again 3 years ago and was astonished by the changes. The dies with machines, the inks, markers, stamps..... I really love it all.I am looking forward to join and cooperate with the DT and thank Ema for giving me this chance.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THUMBNAILS MAY NOT APPEAR!
Welcome, bloggers! We had a fantastic turnout with 163 entries last week!
Quick point to make on my end. It's getting harder and harder to find followers on Blogger Friend Connect, especially, if the user name is different from the blog name. I'll be honest, there have been a few winners of late I could not find, and I'd already drawn the number several times, that I just had to have faith that all our followers are playing fair... :)

Congratulations!
Please send an email to IDCB.Winner@gmail.com within 7 days. We will
provide you with info on how to collect your prize. :) Be sure to grab
our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal
blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!

Now for our DT Favorites! These participants were each handpicked from 163 entries!

Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are:

Billie's favorite is #13 Monika Reeck and here's why in her own words: I love the self made stripe strip she added to her card. The placement of the beautiful colored flower and the Happy Birthday. This card is stunning.

Dianne's favorite is #130 Aunty Sue and here's why in her own words: A gorgeous creation just love this is just wonderful xx

Michelle's favorite is #93 Carol G and here's why in her own words: I like all the different material she used for her card. And the image is so nice.

Patricia's favorite is #67 Granne and here's why in her own words: I love the layout and the soft colors and how she made the smoke.

Patty's favorite is #58 Nick's Scrap Shack and here's why in her own words: I love the beautiful yellow color and the fabulous job coloring and picking the details and layout!

Shell's favorite is #91 Jen L and here's why in her own words: just love the colouring & the crisp CAS feel to it!

acey's favorite is #127 My Handmade Life and here's why in her own words: this is such a sweet cute card i love the extras.

Wendy's favorite is #42 Lynda Hall and here's why in her own words: Fabulous image and layout for this one, love it!

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Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge from our side bar to the right.

Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again!

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Hey all! :) lol Welcome back to another week of anything goes! Wow! It feels like we started a new challenge just a couple of days ago but it's been a whole week! It's a wonder I cannot keep up! Time is just flying by! This week we have the fun, fun, fun Bugaboo Stamps as our wonderful sponsor with 7 digis for a lucky winner!

Congratulations!
Please send an email to IDCB.Winner@gmail.com within 7 days. We will
provide you with info on how to collect your prize. :) Be sure to grab
our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal
blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!

Now for our DT Favorites! These participants were each handpicked from 194 entries!

Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are:

Billie's favorite is #33 Lozzy and here's why in her own words: Her canvas creation is beautiful. The overall pink and the touch of the black images is perfect. Love the placement of the flowers. Beautiful creation.

Ema's favorite is #21 Maxibelle Studio and here's why in her own words: I love all the texture! I think it makes for a great masculine card!

Geesje is unavailableIne's favorite is #48 Blue Daisy and here's why in her own words: I love the colours.

Michelle's favorite is #86 Marilyn Webb and here's why in her own words: I think these octopus are so lovely. And the shaker part of the card is fantastic.

Patricia's favorite is #177 Mandy Stacey and here's why in her own words: I
love her coloring and the pastel tones in her card. The layout is very
beautiful with all the details of the embellishments and the stitching.
Very beautiful card.

Patty's favorite is #161 Elena Fand here's why in her own words: Her coloring of this beautiful image is fabulous. All of the details are perfect and make this card an eye popping experience!

Shell's favorite is #169 Aurora and here's why in her own words: love the clean & simple feel & your colouring is fabulous!

Tracey's favorite is #41 Deborah and here's why in her own words: what a cute image lovely colouring.

Wendy's favorite is #52 Donna and here's why in her own words: I love this image and the layout is just perfect for this card.

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Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge from our side bar to the right.

Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again!

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Challenge Rules

Bummer! Rules! Yuck! Have to have them for those who don't play fair! Sad but true:

1. Our challenges are Anything Goes bi-weekly, rain or shine! Most of the challenges are JFF (just for fun - no prize) but a few are sponsored. These challenges start on Wednesdays at 12 AM USA CST and end on the second Tuesday after starting at 12 PM USA CST. You can share cards, altered items, mixed media, layouts or anything else you can think of that you've made with your two hands and used your imagination to create! This must be a new project and no back-linking please!

2. Entries are unlimited per participant. DT Members will leave comments on the first entry for each participant. ALL entries will be viewed in order to select the TOP 3. This is something we've always done and will always do. :)

3. You must be a follower to win prize when we have sponsors! Otherwise, how will you know you have won?

4. Please mention and link back to our challenge on your entry post.

5. This isn't a rule, but please turn off word verification; otherwise, we cannot leave some blog luv!

6. If you do not have a blog, please feel free to email your project to us at inspirationdestinationcb@gmail.com. We will be happy to show your card for you.

7. When we have sponsors, winners are chosen with Random.org and listed on Thursdays after the start of the new challenge. You have one week to claim the prize. If prize remains unclaimed, a new winner will be chosen by Random.org

8. There will be TOP 3 chosen by three select Design Team members week after week, whether we have a sponsor or not.